50 years of climate, culture, and landscape change on Mt. Everest (audio slideshow)
Alton Byers is a WWF Climate Witness who has spent many years working in the Himalayas. In this short audio slideshow Alton talks about climate change in the Mt. Everest area and some of the solutions needed for local people to adapt.
Climate change in Keti Bunder, Pakistan
Emily Woodhouse spent 2 weeks in the small coastal community of Keti Bundi, Pakistan talking to the locals about the impacts of climate change on their home.
Video: Students impacted by Hurricane Katrina take action on global warming
The WWF-US Allianz Southeast Climate Witness Program selected 24 high school students from to engage in vulnerability research on the Southeast Rivers and Streams Ecoregion. A great project and very nice video.
Ghana and climate change
Watch a short slideshow (01:48 mins) about the people living in the Nandom Traditional Area in northwest Ghana who rely heavily on what they can grow on their land. In recent years many people struggle to harvest enough food in a climate where rainfall has become unpredictable.
NASA: warmer Indian Ocean linked to drought in East Africa
The findings of a recent NASA study that connects the decline of rainfall in East Africa with warmer sea temperatures in the Indian Ocean are consistent with the experiences described by Climate Witnesses in the region.
Expect the price of maple syrup to go up!
As climatic conditions continue to change we will start to experience small changes in our everyday lives that we will probably not register as an effect of global warming. Such as the price of maple syrup!
Climate Witnesses send a message to G8 leaders
G8 leaders are now meeting in Hokkaido, Japan and WWF Climate Witnesses have urged them to take strong leadership on climate change. WWF has also published scorecards that rate each of the G8 countries on their climate performance.
Climate Campers discuss experiences of climate change
At the 2008 Climate Camp in San Francisco, Miriam Elizondo put together this great video of the participants talking about the experience of climate change and a few thoughts on how we address it. Big questions indeed!
Extreme weather linked to climate change
Millions of people throughout North America, the Caribbean and Pacific are witnesses to extreme weather events that are increasing in frequency and severity as a result of climate change.